| Main Entry: | animalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt |
Synonyms: |
bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, debase, debauch, degrade, dehumanize, demoralize, deprave, stain, vitiate |
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
Synonyms: |
animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, envenom, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
Synonyms: |
abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste |
Antonyms: |
better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
Synonyms: |
abase, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, defile, depreciate, doctor, dope up, impair, load, pervert, pollute, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen |
Antonyms: |
clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | pervert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist, turn away from what is acceptable or correct |
Synonyms: |
abuse, adulterate, alloy, animalize, brainwash, color, corrupt, cut*, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, desecrate, distort, divert, doctor, doctor up, fake, falsify, fudge, garble, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, mistreat, misuse, outrage, phony up, prostitute, ruin, salt, seduce, spike, vitiate, warp, water* |
Antonyms: |
leave alone, straighten |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, taint |
Synonyms: |
animalize, bastardize, besmirch, bestialize, blacken, blemish, blot, brutalize, color, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, debauch, defile, demoralize, deprave, discolor, disgrace, drag through the mud, dye, mark, pervert, smear, smudge, soil, spot, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge, tint |
Antonyms: |
clean |
| Main Entry: | bestialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brutalize |
Synonyms: |
abuse, animalize, bastardize, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, deprave |
| Main Entry: | brutalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt |
Synonyms: |
animalize, coarsen, debase, debauch, dehumanize, demoralize, deprave, harden, pervert, vitiate, warp |